At first glance, it does not look that vanes and dials can have any relation with the garden décor as they are usually used at heights, but it can give your garden décor a stylish touch. In most of the homes, the wind vanes are used such that they are visible from the sitting place in the garden. If such a wind vane has been used in the home and does not match with any of the garden scheme, it may give an ugly look to the hold atmosphere. On the other hand, the matching vane with the landscape design changes the whole impact of the scenario. Therefore, the choice of vanes is very crucial. Same is the case with the different types of dials used outdoor. If these dials are elegant and matching with the scheme, they can greatly improve the overall impact of the outdoor landscape. These points are not hidden from any designer. This is the reason that variety of vanes and dials are now available in the market in different colors, styles and other variations.

If we talk about the weather vane, it is used to find the wind direction. Nowadays a new trend can be seen that weather vanes are also being used for the décor purposes. Usually the wind vane is used at heights where wind effect is so strong that it can be easily shown by the wind vane but now the poles have been introduced which are used in the outdoor scheme and the stylish wind vanes are used on them which enhance the overall impact of the scenario. In these designs, the effectiveness of the vane is maintained by using the principle that a wind vane requires a balance weight on its axis (it means that half weight on one axis and rest on the other axis). The most commonly used wind vanes are of cock shape. The cock shape wind vanes are so much common that wind vanes are often named as weather cocks. Also as you hear the name of weather vane, a thought of a cock on the roof top comes into the mind of a person. The interference should be minimized by fixing the wind vane at such a place where no objects are their which hinder the free wind reach the wind vane.

The introduction of self-steering wind vanes has brought a new revolution in the wind vanes. The main purpose of invention of self-steering wind vane was for the boating and sailing purposes. They are not used widely in the gardens or other places but still sometimes they suit the décor scheme of a garden. The wind detection is not main purpose in that case.

When you see a wind vane, a question comes into the mind that how to make a wind vane? Making of wind vane is so much simple and even a kid can develop a simple wind vane. The simple wind vane can be developed using the tag board or manila file folder. The other things you require are the straight paper pins, plastic drinking straws, pencil, rubber, glue and modeling clay. Cut the arrow point and arrow scale according to the dimensions of the vane. Cut the straw and put in on the arrow point and tail. For the base purpose, the pencil led should be lump into the modeling clay. Now mark the direction on the paper plate using a standard compass. Your own made vane is ready for use. For different shapes and styled vanes you need to match the balance of the vane.